Song by Transgender Woman Adopted in National Junior High School Music Textbooks! Towards a Future Classroom Where Everyone Can Sing "As Themselves"

Our company endorses April Dream, which aims to make April 1st a day to express dreams. This press release is a dream of "Sera Creative Production."

Finding the unspoken "voices" of children through lecture activities

Satsuki Nishihara, an artist and founder of "Otome Juku," which supports makeup lessons and voice training for transgender women, has been conducting lecture activities at junior high schools across the country for several years. Looking into the eyes of students from the stage of gymnasiums, she realized that an overwhelming number of children not only struggle with gender identity but also harbor anxiety about being "different from others" and the suffocating feeling of suppressing their individuality. Nishihara states, "I once felt like I had no place to belong. But by believing in myself and taking a step forward, I am where I am today. I want to convey that experience not just through words, but through 'music.' I want to connect with their hearts directly through melody, not logic." With this strong desire, a project began with Nishihara herself writing the lyrics and music.

The message embedded in the song: "Changing destiny with pop magic"

The song, which has been decided for inclusion in junior high school music textbooks, goes beyond mere "diversity enlightenment."

"Differences" are "Colors": Through the form of chorus, students experience that each classmate has a different voice and different sensibility.

Fostering Resilience: A message that no matter how strong the wind blows, if you believe in your inner voice, a hopeful future will surely open up.

Affirmation of "My" Existence: By openly expressing her own roots as a transgender person, it proves that "a place is equally open to everyone, regardless of their background."

Not special, but an ordinary "10-year future vision"

Beyond the realization of this dream lies the vision of a "new Japanese classroom" that we idealize.

"Music" as a mental safety net

A society where a child who feels difficulty going to school, upon seeing this song in a textbook, can be encouraged by thinking, "There are people here who accept my existence."

Understanding through sensibility before prejudice arises

A society where children naturally learn the feeling that "everyone is different, and everyone is precious" through singing and harmonizing with their own voices, rather than adults teaching it as "education."

Diversification of role models

A society where a song created by a transgender artist being included in textbooks alongside J-POP and classical masterpieces is not "special news" but a very natural choice.

Representative: Satsuki Nishihara's Resolve

"I have visited junior high schools across the country and looked into the eyes of many students. Everyone has their own worries and their own brilliance. If there is a child struggling now, like I once did, feeling like they don't belong, I want to deliver this song to them. To tell them, 'You are wonderful just as you are.' A society where songs created by transgender women are sung as a matter of course in school classes – that everyday life is the vision of a society where everyone can live easily, which I have always dreamed of. I hope this song will be a ray of light illuminating the future of children. And being in a textbook means that song becomes a part of that child's life. I want to create a warm, amulet-like song that children will hum in a fleeting moment when they grow up. Not because it's a song made by a transgender woman, but 'because this song makes me feel energetic,' I aim for a day when singing voices resonate in classrooms across Japan for that reason."

Future Actions

We will not let this April Dream end as "just a dream." In addition to the ongoing music production, we will further deepen dialogue with schools, promote its use as a chorus piece in chorus competitions and cultural festivals, and spread this message through all channels, including digital distribution via social media.

Believing in the day when my song will be heard from the school corridors.